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TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS (Cons (Technology is expensive, and keeping up with…

TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS

Cons

Technology is expensive, and keeping up with the latest trends is almost impossible for someone who isn’t in the upper class.

People are slowly but surely forgetting how to to do things the old fashioned way; children are becoming more and more focused on things like the internet and video games that they are spending much less time outside and being active.

The more that technology advances, the faster new and more efficient versions are designed, so you may have the newest and best piece of technology, but it will become obsolete in very little time.

Technology is altering our lifestyle and will alter the cognitive and social development of current and future generations. Many claim that they are dehumanizing our lives and making us more solitary people.

Human cloning technology is a reality and in addition to some obvious advantages, human cloning brings some risks. Human cloning will be difficult to regulate and will bring concerns regarding its interference with nature and religious beliefs.

Weaponization of viruses. Lifeforms can be created through genetic manipulation. With techonological progress the techniques to create or manipulate lifeforms will be increasingly accessible to us. Terrorists, psychopaths and other criminals will have the capacity to use genetic manipulation to harm or threaten others.

Risky experiments may go wrong. Researchers are currently mutating microorganism in order to find cures to diseases. By accident these diseases could escape the laboratory and spread.

Enrichment of uranium is becoming an increasingly cheaper process. Thanks to technological progress, people might be able enrich uranium home and nuclear weapons in the hands of the wrong organizations or individuals could create enormous unrest in the world population and a serious security threat.

Technological progress is to be blamed for the negative effects of global warming and climate change. For instance through combustion engines and thermoelectric generators, has produced an increased in the emission and concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Pros

Thanks to technological progress humans live longer and much more comfortable lives. The medical advancements have helped us develop vaccines and treatment for diseases which were previously lethal.

Technology has allowed humans to travel faster and trade goods all over the world. Crossing the Atlantic was historically an adventure that would take weeks. Now in just a few hours you can travel from New York to London or Paris.

Industrial societies heavily rely on technological progress. We can feed a fast growing world population thanks to the continuous innovation in production techniques. New inventions help foster the production, storage, treatment and transportation of goods.

Genetically modified foods (GMO) may help fight hunger and ensure that world population continues to be fed.

The Internet, computers and mobile phones illustrate the role of technology in improving society. Efficiency has skyrocketed thanks to these inventions. Our work and social lives have been transformed. People can now work from home and collaborate with teams located in other towns, countries or even continents.

Thanks to new technologies, alternative forms of entertainment and art have developed during the last century. Photography, radio, movies, television shows, music and video games occupy a central spot in people's lives.

The importance of technology in the delopment of renewable energies is evident. Without technological progress it would be difficult to envisage a green future in which the problem of climate change could be kept under control.

Today society is benefiting from the invention of mobile phones. Communications has become so easy and cheap. Not only that, but now you can make internet calls for free, all it takes is an install of SKYPE or Google Talk software on your laptop to start calling your friends for free.

Computers and the internet have made it easier for students to access academic material at any given moment of the day. Now days students spend more time surfing and doing research online than they watch television. Websites like Wikipedia.org and Google.com have made internet research so simple and cheap or basically free.